New Kids on the Block, Nkotb - Face the Music
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Free Music Review: Very Hapy Customer
Hit: 5 Stars
I RECIEVED MY CD ON TIME AND IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A USED PRODUCT. I WOULD ORDER FROM THIS SELLER AGAIN.Free Music Review: Greatest album ever?
Hit: 5 Stars
NKOTB find their sound on this, their 4th LP. Brilliant from start to finish. A hard edged, urban-oriented masterpiece.Free Music Review: An Underrated Gem : Possibly Their Greatest Album
Hit: 4 Stars
Its ironic that so few people even know about the existence of this 1994 album. It was considered a 'flop' by the record company (to date, it has sold around 135,000 copies in the United States, according to Billboard Magazine), and eventually resulted in NKOTB disbanding.
Thats sad, because "Face the Music" is one of the best, if not THE best New Kids on the Block album. As a long time supporter of the guys, "Hangin' Tough" is obviously my favorite New Kids album, simply because of associative reasons and the fact that it literally was the soundtrack of my life for a few solid years in my pre-teens, but musically, "Face the Music" is much more mature, and definitely more lyrically creative.
Also, the tunes are a whole lot stronger. The disc's best cut, "If you Go Away", was actually a HUGE success in Asia, though it didn't quite get any mainstream success in the US. The other single, "Dirty Dawg", have the boys deliberately trying to reach out to the hip-hop/funk audience, with some interesting results. Biased as I am about all things remotely connected to the New Kids, of course I love this song as well.
"Face the Music" is longer than all of the other New Kids albums, and it also lets its two minor members (Danny Wood and Jonathan Knight) come to the fore a bit more than usual (these two guys are notorious for shying away from lead vocal status). Its a great, early '90s slice of progressive pop, and the disc boasts of some EXCELLENT production - seriously, on a good stereo system, the production just soars - get it and find out for yourself.
Four Stars. This isn't my favorite New Kids album, but its clearly their best one, in terms of musicianship and creativity. A must-buy.
Free Music Review: Sorry I let the Haters influence me...
Hit: 4 Stars
So, if you haven't heard, NKOTB are back and have a new album, "The Block", coming out on September 2nd. I'm going to see them on Tour. Surprisingly, my love for them is back and apparently never died. I really regret that I didn't buy this CD 14 years ago. I was too embarrassed because they weren't "cool" anymore.
By FAR their best work. The whole album is good. Yes, it has a 90's vibe to it but that's when it came out. As I listened I kept thinking...these could easily be Boyz II Men songs. The Boyz were huge in the mid nineties so that says a lot. Vocally, it's their strongest and style wise, their most mature. I think the biggest mistake they made was releasing "Dirty Dawg" as the first single. It's my least favorite. I think they tried to hard to prove they had grown up.
Anyway, If you Go Away is an amazing track. I also love "I'll Still be Loving you" "Girls", "Mrs. Right"...um never mind I like all of them. It's that good. Sad that to this day, people are still judging them based on music and marketing controlled by "the machine" and not the guys themselves. They are way more talented than they are given credit for. For a clip of "If you go away" live, check out Arsenio Hall, NKOTB on YouTube.
Free Music Review: I thought that this was a strong final album by them!
Hit: 4 Stars
I thought that "Face The Music" was the best album from 1994. No other album from that year came close, though there were a few that nearly toppled it. It was good pop and I liked that the members were involved in the writing of it. But maybe they ran out of things to do and that's why the album didn't do well. People moved on to other artists that year, and I was going, why aren't they onto NKOTB? But I liked "Never Gonna Let You Go" (my favorite), Dirty Dawg, You Got The Flava, If You Go Away, Keeping My Fingers Crossed, I'll Be Waiting and others. This was really overlooked that year, and if it comes up on some "lost CD" series 20 years from now, they need to acknowledge and respect it!